The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-07
'H OF ST. LANDRY, La, MAY z, 1887.
Hte1sas Of Interest.


Pointe Conpee Banner: The water has re-
/ ceded from Morganza levee and considerable
/ deposit has formed on the river aide.
| meeting has lately been held .at shreve-
| port, La, for the purpose of organizing stock
company to build cotton factory to cost from
| 5000 900 to 100000.
Humanity is more than mere civilization.
| Humanity does not consist in politeness aud
graceful forms alone, but in the Just treat
ment ef all as in like conditions we would
wish to be treated.
I.afavette Advertiser: An oil tank with II
! capacity of 10000 gallons Is being erected
here. We have been unable to learn by whom
it is being done, but will endeavor to publish
alI facts connected with it in our next issue.
| Feliciana Sentinel: Demands for $40, 1000
worth of stock in the Bayou Sara compress
was offered by New Orleans men last week.
The offers were declined, owing TO the fact
| that more capital than is needed is offered at
home.
! Lafayette Advertiser This town can boast
of being as quiet and peaceable, and Of having
its affairs as we'll managed, on as little reve-
| mes, as any town in the State. We have a
tax of mills on ii low decentralization
is, therefore, nearly nominal.
/ According to Halston a Connecticut man
| in n political controversy with Bob Toombs
mildly suggested that Iooinbs must confess
"we conquered yon." Conquered y yelled
Toombs; "why, burst you, we just wore our
selves clear out a-lickin' yon!"
| 1t ia tho place where the business men are
alive to the interests OF their town, where en-
ergy aud enterprise are displayed in develop
| ing their own industries that is sure to at
| tract the attention OF outsiders. The dead
| town where the people wait for somebody
else to come in aud build it up, will in all pro-
liability never be built up.-Manutactures
Record.
Marksville Review Hon. Geo. w. Hubs
peth Judge OF the 18th judicial District, died
ut his home at Opeiousas, Oh the 18th inst.
Judge Hudspeth was doubtless the most pop
uIar official iu Louisiana. His ability, impair.
taIity aud uublemished integrity endeased
him to the people of his parish and the bar OF
his District. He leaves IL wife aud daughter
to mourn his loss.
! Cupitolian- Advocate: We congratulate
/ coufrere Bailey OF the AduertiSer Oh bis cleo
! ton as mayor OF Lafayette last Monday. The
! following counellmen were elected with him :
! Messrs. Edmond Pellerln, A. j. Moss, Ja,ues
G. Parkerson. Pierre Gerac. F. Lombard,
John @. Moutou aud O. G. j. Sprole. The
! ticket defeated WAS Nominated by the l"cal
assembly OF the knights of Labor
| Lake Charles Commercial We hope to see
every member of the Z" Press Gang present
| ut the sheeting here, June l4th, aud would
| like 10 have every Editor in the State who
| does uot Yet belong to the Association, meet
It's here aud Join. There will be no excuse for
anyone. tuyiug away, as railroad fare will be
| free The citizens have thrown open theit
! lnnrs II, receive the members, aud the citizens
committee are maxim arrangements to en-
tertain the Association in grand style.
Poiute Coupee Banner: The first ripe
! peaches of this season which We have seen Oh
! heard of we're gathered from the orchard Of
the editor of the Banner on Thursday, April
| 2sth This is fully three weeks earlier than
We usually have them. Those which are now
| Iipe are the Amsden, which is rather small
variety, not being much larger than very
fine plum. Althnugh so small, 1t is quite
pleasant to have them so early in the seas on
nonalisonyiHe Chief: As an illustration o.
the slender character of the tie we call life
| which bnsis the human sUnl to its earthly ten
rniept, it may be cited that the child of lie
! once Mollere whose death was announced il
,,ir paper two weeks ago. died from the effects
uf stepping npOn crawfsh with his bare foot
The slight wound inflicted from the SHARP
1aiut,,s. projection from the creatures head
pro. nee lock, jaw. with the usual fatal re
sulf.
Canituiiar, Advocate: il You would bHilf
,our town mp praise it, talk about it, urge III
advantages ani help to develop its resources
BnoIns are not made by continually harrint
abnut hard times, crying down the town ant
milling against every new enterprise suggest
wide circle of Baton Rouge's citizenship ever.
man has hold of the same end OF the rope ailt
are pulling hard together to put the good olt
town along on the highway OF success. Th
result is population. prosperity and weaitl
arr coming to us continually
Lafayette Advertiser The conrse of HI
New Orleans Daily States in the matter o
the snit by the Attorney General against TIN
American Oil Trust ought TO commend i
strongly TO our people-especialiy TO planters
This estimahle journal is ia fact one OF tb
few prominent papers i'll the country to b.
fonna always lighting with the people agains
The tncroachmeuts of monopolies. II due
no. claim to be of the Holier-than-tho
order, nor does it assume TO speak for the onI,
; honest people of the State. 1t is plain aut
outspoken and bits fr.m the shoulder, SO t.
speak, on all public questions, and in polite
prcaches pure and unaduiterated Democracy
!. and condemns with power and ability the ef
fur.s of some to split the party of the Stat
! into factions.
I the firm of Roberts g. Co., lumber dealers ID
Gated in the city of New Orleans. has this t
say about freight charges:
The local charges of the Morgan roa
virtually shuts New Orleans out of all Of th
trade of western Louisiana and Texas Lum
! ber is now being sent from Chicago to Houms
: Terrebonne parish, La, for less money tina
, it can be sent from New Orleans to Houms
) and it is only short time ago that we sold
: lot of laths to be shipped to Vermillionyille
! La, and while the laths cost $3.50 per thou
sand the Morgan road charged "a per thor
sand for freight on them and unless We ca
secure reduction on such charges We mus
make up our minds to lose the trade.
The Madison Times up to its last issue too
! no part in the guberDational contest. 1t doe
: :. not think, as The reform papers claim, tbs
the fight has narrowed down between McEl
!, cry and Nichols, bnt says:
= II. however, it is fact that it is q questio
between McEnery aud Nichols, there don
y seem to be any chance for argument, and th
Times nuhesitatingly declares for McEnerl
!, He has certainly made good Governor. I'll
State is prosperous ); all the parishes are brai
: ging on their excellent financial condition
many levees have been built. and the Stat
generally is in good shape. We can easily
much worse 10 tho way of Governors, and ca
hardly hope to do much better